Alfa Romeo derives its name from a combination of the ALFA Company and Nicola Romeo. Romeo acquired the ALFA Company (Lombard Cars Inc) in 1915. Their early reputation as builders of solid thoroughbred performers led to postwar expansion in production. Early production examples include wonderful sports and racing machines, among them, the 8C 2300. The superb 2300cc engine is the handiwork of Vittorio Jano, who joined Alfa Romeo from Fiat in 1923. The straight eight-cylinder design uses two identical four-cylinder blocks, with a dry sump oiling system. The two-piece crankshaft rides on ten bearings and has camshaft and supercharger drives…
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Starring at the 1932 Paris Auto Show, the front-wheel drive, twelve-cylinder, sleeve-valve engined Bucciali stunned show-goers. Cloaked in one-off coachwork by Saoutchik, the car received acclaim as the most advanced and modern French automobile. The Bucciali was sold originally to a Paris banker, who drove it for three years. The coachwork was then removed and fitted to a Type 47 Bugatti chassis. The Bugatti fitted with the Bucciali’s coachwork was sold and brought stateside after World War II. The original chassis remained behind in France.In the 1970s, the Bucciali body was reunited with the original chassis, which was purchased from…
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This video was taken by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at a depth of 3753 feet in the Indian Ocean, close to a drill wellhead. Near the end of the film, alien-like beings become engrossed in the ROV thrusters’ performance. The video filmed off Africa’s east coast and has not altered. This mysterious creature is unquestionably the planet’s closest living creature to being an enemy. According to marine biologist Bill Austin, it’s most definitely a comb jelly (ctenophore). George Matsumoto, a ctenophore (comb jelly) expert at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, identified it as a lobate Lampocteis ctenophore.
In her own words, Mellisa Braham, from St Helens recalls: ‘It was my birthday recently and as a gift I received a new smart phone. On Friday, February 26, seeing as it was a nice day I decided to take my dog for a walk in the afternoon, I also took my new phone to test out the camera. Mellisa’s original picture before zooming in During the afternoon I took several short video clips and a selection of random photographs at different resolutions. Later on in the evening I uploaded the photography to my PC to have a look at…
An unusual figure was spotted strolling across a bridge overnight in the Jharkhand region of eastern India. The “alien” figure was reportedly seen descending the Chadwa Dam Bridge in the dark. In the alleged 30-second video, several passers-by can be seen commenting on the strange creature’s appearance, with vehicles stopping to see the strange white figure speeding by on the highway at night. We can see several bikes passing by the alien-like creature that is walking down the street in the dark. Meanwhile, some other bikers saw the creature and came to a stop while another started recording the video.…
This Hudson is unlike any Hot Rod you’ll ever see. This is the only hot rod of It’s kind! The attention to detail and the overall craftsmanship are hands down difficult to comprehend. Typically one would think that something of this magnitude would require a team of engineers and an endless amount of time and $$$.Fortunately, all it took was a single human being with a vast imagination and a truck load of fortitude and like magic, you have one of the most significant pieces of mobile artwork the World has ever seen. Within the last several months, the Hudson…
This mesmerizing 1934 Ford Coupe belongs to Carrie Pedersen from Alberta, Canada. This street rod is definitely a head turner, but be sure not to underestimate this classic by its beauty. It’s fully equipped with a 454, bored and stroked to 496, 10:1 compression, and a Turbo 400 transmission with a TCI 2800 converter. The motor was done right, Brodix heads, scat rotating assembly, roller rockers and cam, and an Edelbrock air gap performer intake. The block was machined by Les Dyck at Lethbridge Machine and Carrie wanted to give him special thanks for all his hard work. There was…
The proud owner of this beautiful 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner is Don Weberg from Gilbert, AZ. He’s a longtime fan of muscle cars, and even more particularly the “Mopar” muscle cars. This Roadrunner is equipped with a 383 Engine, A-833 4-speed Tranny with a pistol grip shifter and 3:55 Gears. Don owned a striking Yellow 1972 Dodge Challenger with a 340 high-performance engine, 4 barrel carb and a 727 slapstick transmission. When I asked him why he sold the Challenger and bought the Roadrunner he replied: “I love the Challengers, but this 1970 Roadrunner is my all-time favorite body style. A good…
Some people dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair. Not me, and it’s not just because I am married. I dream of cars in barns, in fields, behind hedge rows, in garages falling down with only the vague shape of a car inside. I gather stories and hope for a good tip from a fellow car hunter. When I walk down an overgrown path behind the abandoned barn I’m not thinking of a woman at all. I’m looking for the familiar slope of a Mustang fastback roof barely visible under a tin roof shed behind a stand of pines.…
Every now and then you come across a car that really stands out from the crowd, Luke’s ’77 LX Hatch not only stands out from the crowd, if you’re not careful it will jump on your head. With paint that look so deep you could fall into it and an engine bay that you could shave in.This little LX Hatchback Torana has been built to be different and to turn heads. Originally Luke Jago was looking for a ’56 Morris when he came across the Hatch by accident as a stock rolling shell. Over the next four years, it has…
While I was conversing with Carrie Pedersen from Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada, about her 1966 Chevelle, It was easy to tell she loved this ride… and how can you blame her? It’s a true SS (not a clone), equipped with a powerful 396 engine. The body work and also the unique paint color “Aztec Bronze” was painted by Blacksmith Auto located in Hilcrest, Alberta, Canada. This is close to where Carrie lives with her husband in Pincher Creek and own an automotive shop by the name of Wild West Auto. The 396 engine was rebuilt and balanced with a Demon…